The protein thing was not a fluke. My hair has not been limp since I started using a lot of protein. I love that I found this out. I thought I would always be one of the curlies who had no idea what my hair liked or disliked. As of right now, my HG combo is Alagio Curl Enhancer Balm, Curl Keeper, and HEBE gel. I really love it.
Oh, so my best friend asked me to do her hair. I'm incredibly excited to see what I can do to it, it's always been stick straight and I want to see some wave! Body! Something!
We'll see when she gets here. Pictures tomorrow. =)
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Experimental Day
I think I might have resolved my hair issues. Might being the key word in that sentence, I am not getting my hopes up. But today I experimented with many new products, and I just may have figured out the reason for my limp curls. I seemed to be lacking protein in my life. Or at least that's what I hope was the issue.
First I shampooed with Organix Coconut Milk Shampoo then conditioned with Suave Coconut [smells heavenly] and used VO5 Strawberries and Cream as my leave-in. =D
For styling I used Alagio Curl Enhancing Balm [which I heard has a good bit of protein in it, so I thought 'Why not give it a whirl?'], then Loreal Lasting Curls Gel. Unfortunately this product has long since been discontinued, but I have some from years ago that I discovered only the other day. Seems to work pretty well. And I also used Herbal Essences Set Me Up gel, which definitely has max hold. The smell bothers me, hurts my nose. I think this will only be used when absolutely nescessary. I like my Body Envy gel far too much. And that smell I can handle. After I diffused for about 20 minutes and let it airdry the rest of the way for a few hours, I scrunched out the crunch with some Vitamin E oil that I had from a sunburn a while back. Seemed to work pretty well. My only complaint was the odd smell, it didn't linger though, so no problem.
=)
Results.
I missed those ringlets.
First I shampooed with Organix Coconut Milk Shampoo then conditioned with Suave Coconut [smells heavenly] and used VO5 Strawberries and Cream as my leave-in. =D
For styling I used Alagio Curl Enhancing Balm [which I heard has a good bit of protein in it, so I thought 'Why not give it a whirl?'], then Loreal Lasting Curls Gel. Unfortunately this product has long since been discontinued, but I have some from years ago that I discovered only the other day. Seems to work pretty well. And I also used Herbal Essences Set Me Up gel, which definitely has max hold. The smell bothers me, hurts my nose. I think this will only be used when absolutely nescessary. I like my Body Envy gel far too much. And that smell I can handle. After I diffused for about 20 minutes and let it airdry the rest of the way for a few hours, I scrunched out the crunch with some Vitamin E oil that I had from a sunburn a while back. Seemed to work pretty well. My only complaint was the odd smell, it didn't linger though, so no problem.
=)
Results.
I missed those ringlets.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
First Blog
I'm not so used to blogging, so I don't know whether to give some sort of intro or just dive right on in...
I'll give a brief intro I suppose.
After spending months on naturallycurly.com [Best website ever if you're having curly hair troubles, or wavy for that matter.] I've developed a bit of a hair obsession. I've become a product junkie, but I suppose there are worse kinds of junkies to be.
I've been having troubles with my bangs [well, they wouldn't be bangs if they were straight, but that's all I can think to describe them] lately, so I found a new little way to wear my hair that doesn't involve headbands.
A guy at target complimented it, so it may be a keeper.
I tried some new products in my routine today. First I co-washed with Suave Cucumber Melon, which is far more runny than what I normally use, Suave Tangerine. I used two pea sized droplets of my VO5 Strawberries and Cream as a leave-in. I raked in some Alagio Crazy Curl Curl Enhancing Balm, probably about a quarter sized amount, mixed with some LOOB [Loreal Out of Bed weightless texturizer], three fingers worth of a scoop, which seemed to work fairly well, and didn't weigh my hair down as much as Re:Coil. I used Herbal Essences Body Envy Gel, probably about 4-5 dime sized drops and scrunched the heck out of it. And of course diffused until about 60% dry.
LOOB is still iffy with me, it helps with clumping if used correctly, but if you don't use enough or you use too much, it will just look stringy. And I love HEBE, it smells heavenly and it has excellent hold. I'll get back to you on the Curl Enhancer.
I'll give a brief intro I suppose.
After spending months on naturallycurly.com [Best website ever if you're having curly hair troubles, or wavy for that matter.] I've developed a bit of a hair obsession. I've become a product junkie, but I suppose there are worse kinds of junkies to be.
I've been having troubles with my bangs [well, they wouldn't be bangs if they were straight, but that's all I can think to describe them] lately, so I found a new little way to wear my hair that doesn't involve headbands.
A guy at target complimented it, so it may be a keeper.
I tried some new products in my routine today. First I co-washed with Suave Cucumber Melon, which is far more runny than what I normally use, Suave Tangerine. I used two pea sized droplets of my VO5 Strawberries and Cream as a leave-in. I raked in some Alagio Crazy Curl Curl Enhancing Balm, probably about a quarter sized amount, mixed with some LOOB [Loreal Out of Bed weightless texturizer], three fingers worth of a scoop, which seemed to work fairly well, and didn't weigh my hair down as much as Re:Coil. I used Herbal Essences Body Envy Gel, probably about 4-5 dime sized drops and scrunched the heck out of it. And of course diffused until about 60% dry.
LOOB is still iffy with me, it helps with clumping if used correctly, but if you don't use enough or you use too much, it will just look stringy. And I love HEBE, it smells heavenly and it has excellent hold. I'll get back to you on the Curl Enhancer.
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